Headlight.



' UNITED STA-Ties ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM. FORKER, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE'HALF TO F.P. HOTUHKISS, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEADLIGIHT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 3, 1906. Serial.No 324,675.

Patented Oct. 30,1906.

To dZLwhum-it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. FORKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain newv and useful "Improvements inHeadlights, oi which the following is a specification, reference beingbad therein to the ac served.

com anying drawings. =T s invention re ates to headlights particularly 1designed for automobiles, rural and quickly) manipulated by foot-power,the headhght eing normally held stationary,

but readily moved at any time and automat I io'ally returned to'itsoriginal position.

- With these and. other objects in view, 25

' tion better understood, the same consists in the novel construction,combination, and

' arrangement of which will more readily appear the invenarts to bepresently described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

' -Referring to the drawings forming a part of'this specification, likenumerals or". refer- 'ence designate corresponding parts throughheadight.

out the several views, in which-'- Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of my imroved Fig.2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 1s a vertical sectionalview of the same,

' and Fi 4 is a cross-sectional view of the headli i dashboard of avehic eor any;

' port.

t-standard.

Int e accom anying drawings l. have illus trated a suitab e'support 1for my improved headlight. This sup ort may represent a suitable sup esupport 1 Upon the one side oft 2, a cylindrical casing 3, the topseemed, as at 4 of said casing partially resting upon the upper ed e ofthe support, as at 5, and having a contra opening 6. r

Mounted upon the top 4 of the casing 3 a grooved wheel 7, and passingthrough said W eel and the opening 6 of the casing is a tubular standard8, said standard protruding into the casing, as shown in Fig. 3'. Thestandard is flanged, as at 9, and is keyed to standard by a screwhating-oil.

the grooved wheel 7 by a pin. 10, carried by 5 said wheel'and entering anotch 11, formed in the flange 9 of said wheel. To retain the groovedwheel 7 and the standard 8 u on the casin 3, I )rovide said standard wita detacha le co lar 12, which is secured to then 14 directly beneath thetop 4 of the casing, whereby the standard will he firmly held in avertically-disposed position.

Suitably secured to the perhhery of the 6 grooved wheel 7, as at 15, isa c ain or cable 1e, which lies in the groove of said wheel and has itsend'fastened to L shaped levers 17 and18, pivotally mounted upon a plate19,

secured upon the inner side or the support 1. 7c

The curved portions 20 of said levers are pro vided with tread.plates21, whereby motormen or o )erators of vehicles can manipulate theheadlight without necessitating the use of their hands. The leversnormally coincide and are retained in this position by a dependinginverled- T -shaped spring 22, securedlto the plate 19, the lower end ofsaid spring engaging said lever and retaining the 0 rain 16 taut u onthe grooved wheel 7. 8c

The stander. 8 is provided with a reflector 23, containin a suitablelamp, (not shown,) which may electrically illuminated by wires passingupwardly through the tubular standard 8 or by kerosene or a similarillumi- From the foregoing it is obvious that when one of thetread-plates 21 is trod upon the associate lever will be moved in anopposite direction, sion, whic when released will return the headlightto its normal position.

The mechanism which I employ for shifting the headlight can be readilyused in connection with searchlights and such illuminat- 9 in devices ascarried by vehicles or boats.

I do not care to confine myself to the specific arrangement of parts asshown, since the lever 18 can be located a convenient distance from theheadli ht. 1 0o Such other e anges as are permissible by the appended.claims may be resorted to with out departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention.

What I claim, and desire to sceure by Let- 1o 5 'ters Patent, is

1. The combinationwith a suitable support, of a cas ng attached;thereto; a wheel placing the spring 22- under tens 9c 'ing against saidlevers t0 normally hold the naled in the casing and on which the Wheelis fixed, a lamp carried by said standard, a bracket secured to thesupport, a pair of L- shaped levers pivoted in said bracket, a chain lpassing over said Wheel and, having its ends connected to the upper endsof said levers, and a spring secured to the bracket and actmcunted onsaid casing, a standard joun l tant, and the levers in stantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I all ix in the presence upper ends of the leversin the same plane,

I my signature 1 substantially as described. I

of two witnesses.

2. The combination with asupport, of a W ILLIAM H. FOHKER. casingattached to said support, a standard j-ournaled in the casing headlight,a Wheel fixed Witnesses:

L. A LEBERMAN, I. M. Rnonns.

and provided With a to the standard and I

